8. Anne Was Forced to Haul Rocks and Dig Sod At Auschwitz
Many prisoners in concentration camps were forced to do pointless hard labor, including hauling rocks and digging up and replacing rolls of sod. Anne, a small girl of only 15, was forced to engage in both. The hard labor, combined with inadequate nutrition, significantly impaired the prisoners and led to many deaths through starvation and disease. Doubtlessly the grueling work weakened Anne and her sister and made them more susceptible to the 1945 Typhus epidemic.
